As you mentioned there is always some degree of stress with changing role from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse. Also, since the role of advanced practice nurses differs from one health care setting to another, it can create anxiety and stress for people. “The level of intensity of strain produced by role transitions will vary from person to person, depending on the presence or absence of moderating factors. Moderators consist of numerous individual (personality) and environmental (social context) variables which intervene between initiation of the role transition process and subsequent reactions by the individual.”(Murray, 1998, p. 109). Therefore, it is up to the individual to find these stressors and to find a way to overcome
